"The Department of Corrections says it costs about $21,000 a year to house a state prisoner in Kentucky. In comparison, it costs about $987 each year to supervise out of custody convicts. From the Greyhound bus station, many of the inmates were loaded up into a van and taken to places to help them get back on their feet. "We have 140 beds available and somewhere around 100 will be coming through the doors today," said Jay Davidson, president and CEO of the Healing Place. Davidson said The Brady Center in Louisville offers up a transitional housing program. The former inmates are now referred to as clients. They are given a meal, a bed to sleep in, and direction to get back on track and out of the prison Adidas Sleeveless Hoodie Women's

"The prison is overcrowded. They ain got no room, no medical, barely feeding us. ""I think totally different now than the way I did," Calvert said. "It helped me.

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of Probation and Parole. Adidas Pink Sweatshirt The inmates convictions range from drug possession, assault, robbery, and burglary, some more violent including manslaughter and reckless homicide. "I served six years at Kentucky State Reformatory for trafficking drugs and possession of a firearm," said Rick Calvert. "I got six years," said Joshua Braden, "I did about 3.

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